When I attach a picture to an email it's huge, taking up to 1 megabite. Is there some free software that will allow my pictures to be smaller so I can attach more?
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mrs.ANONYMOUS
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Your pictures are probably too big size-wise. You can use Microsoft Paint (should be on your computer already, check your Accessories folder or just run mspaint) to shrink them. From the Image menu, choose Stretch/Skew, then stretch to, say 50% horizontal and vertical. See if that takes care of it. Also, if the images are photographs, make sure you're saving them as JPEGs. Paint can do this, so be sure to select JPEG from the "Save as type" box when you save your shrunken picture.
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Try this: http://www.acumensystems.com/mir/default.aspx "Multiple Image Resizer" -- resize a folder at a time. or, you can upload photos to a service like flickr -- and link to your email -- flickr (http://www.flickr.com) does on the fly image resizing.
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In most versions of Windows you can right click on a picture from Windows Explorer (my computer). One of your options will be 'send in an email' - or some similar wording that means that. If you do this, you will be offered options for size. Choose small to shrink your picture to a lower resolution, smaller size.
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If you really need/want to send the hi res picture or other big files, you can send files up to 100mb through a free service like www.yousendit.com
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THE SIMPLEST WAY would to be changing the file format to .jpeg instead of .bmp or other file names. Jpeg files are slightly lower quality but attach 10x faster
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